Large waxflower | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Chamelaucium |
Species: | C. megalopetalum |
Binomial name | |
Chamelaucium megalopetalum | |
Chamaelaucium megalopetalum, is a flowering plant commonly known as the large waxflower, is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. [1]
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.25 to 1.4 metres (1 to 5 ft) but can reach as high as 2 metres (7 ft). It blooms between May and December producing white-pink-red or cream-yellow flowers. [1]
Found on sandy ridges or sand plains in the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern and the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sand or gravelly soils over laterite. [1]
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